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The National Museum in Cracow contains three Etruscan sarcophagi, purchased in Florence by Wl. Czartoryski in 1884. They are made from terra rossa with a large admixture of volcanic tuff. Each object consists of four separate parts. Only some of them constitute an original whole, and the remaining ones are an assembly of various objects. The work conducted on the sarcophagi included the conservation...
The portal by Berrecci at the Wawel Castle is one of the finest examples of Renaissance architectural sculptures in Cracow. It dates back to 1534—1535. The present form of the portal comes from the reconstruction period in 1786. Only top part of the object, made from Pińczow limestone, belongs to Renaissance. The remaining parts, forged in sandstone, are not original and their sculptural ornamentation...
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